Random Thoughts II - Page 574

Nich · 19th June 2010, 02:21

saw Blue Velvet at Academy this eve . 35mm reel sent over from Aus.

anyway, this scene was loaded upside down. So the image was upside down and the audio was backwards. The whole audience kind of accepted it for a moment, then Academy staff started scrambling.

Was kind of awesome and appropriate =)

CCS · 19th June 2010, 02:28

Can't believe they didn't check the print first. Retards.

Nich · 19th June 2010, 02:34

i KNOW the guy whose fault it was too. saw him on the way out and he was all like "Sorry about the backwards reel". Dunno how long hes been at the job.

chiQ · 19th June 2010, 10:49

I want to know what the story is with the 3DS. Have Nintendo really nailed portable 3D before 3D is mainstream in home theatre?

leadinjector · 19th June 2010, 11:28

not racism but continuing the "yeah but he's a nice guy" theme, i bring you some dude who cheated on his wife by nailing one of his students...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10651562

.... but hes a nice guy, really.

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School board chairman Murray Hamilton, a police officer, said Emery "was a nice guy who had made a very bad decision".

crocos · 19th June 2010, 11:37

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Originally Posted by leadinjector

not racism but continuing the "yeah but he's a nice guy" theme, i bring you some dude who cheated on his wife by nailing one of his students...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10651562

.... but hes a nice guy, really.

That dude looks like an aging boy-band reject. Just puttin' that out there.

StN · 19th June 2010, 12:21

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Originally Posted by chiQ

I want to know what the story is with the 3DS. Have Nintendo really nailed portable 3D before 3D is mainstream in home theatre?

I suspect it's the same deal as the joker who made the PowerBeat batteries - two LCDs leyered on top of each other with a bit of a gap. If so, his patent is about to pay off.

fidgit · 19th June 2010, 17:14

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Originally Posted by chiQ

I want to know what the story is with the 3DS. Have Nintendo really nailed portable 3D before 3D is mainstream in home theatre?

It makes sense that they would be able to do this - if it's necessary to view the screen from a specific angle to get a 3D effect from having two images going to different eyes to fake the 3D, it'd be a damn site simpler if you can do it on a handheld, where you know exactly where someones face will be, versus a TV. Plus convincing people to buy a TV that requires you to be viewing from that specific an angle would be difficult.

MadMax · 19th June 2010, 17:19

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Originally Posted by MadMax

turns out stem cells can be sourced from fat

fat injected under grafted skin gets feeling back

human immortality in 3 ... 2 ...

(see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomerase#Aging)

this has implications for Alzheimer's, arthritis, death, ...

http://www.macquariestemcells.com/0f...a3e6bc41f.html

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Stem cell story
I have been moving fat from one part of the body to another for more than ten years now. When I noticed that patients were getting unexpected benefits I realized that it wasn’t just volume that I was moving. A year later and patients were showing me that wrinkles had softened and pores were tighter. They hadn’t done anything since the fat transfer so it was assumed to be a bonus of fat transfer but why?

I treated a lady who had a split skin graft on her leg. She had no feeling in the graft. After fat transfer she got return of feeling in the skin. Why?

CCS · 19th June 2010, 18:30

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Originally Posted by Nich

i KNOW the guy whose fault it was too. saw him on the way out and he was all like "Sorry about the backwards reel". Dunno how long hes been at the job.

Should've asked his dumb ass why he didn't check the print :P

It's not the first time the Academy has made elementary screw-ups. I saw The Conversation there years ago. They had the wrong lens on and didn't even realise. Even when I went out to let them know I just got a blank look.

CCS · 19th June 2010, 18:46

Excuse me?

Delphinus · 19th June 2010, 19:10

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Originally Posted by MadMax

no good. i dont have the space to save a 250gig image, compressed or not.

anyone got a compaq presario cq60 recovery cd? doesn't look like its purchasable online.

Can't you just do a clean install using the licence key from the back and install drivers off the website? Much better OS then too.

MadMax · 19th June 2010, 19:40

yeah, if i had a spare vista oem disc

and who the hell in a right mind has one of those

. i checked torrents but my google fails me.

fidgit · 19th June 2010, 20:24

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Originally Posted by MadMax

yeah, if i had a spare vista oem disc

and who the hell in a right mind has one of those

. i checked torrents but my google fails me.

...really? You... you can't find a torrent for "vista OEM"? That's... quite surprising.

(Honestly, I just checked, but I also recall admins getting (appropriately) ban-hammery for linking to pirated media. But man, it's not hard.)

MadMax · 19th June 2010, 21:19

google gives plenty of results, but most of them are links to one of those $paid 100% guaranteed download pages, are torrent sites that only link to other torrent sites, or they're for a torrent that has only 75% available with only a couple of dozen peers.

besides, there's no way of knowing if the pirated copy isn't loaded with malware.

fidgit · 19th June 2010, 21:27

Fair enough. I'd get serveral copies (different downloads) perhaps so you've got backups. Use a site like... "torrent site that includes ratings from users"... read the comments - it's not too tricky to find an ISO.

Plus if it turns out to be crap-ladden, you can blow it away and start again with another copy. Assuming you have two computers to use.

crocos · 19th June 2010, 21:32

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Originally Posted by CCS

Excuse me?

I think he was commenting on "every" vs "ever".

MadMax · 19th June 2010, 21:39

does everyone need to explain everything to ccs set by step?

madmaxii · 19th June 2010, 21:46

Just had a thought.

We've never seen a photo of CCS/TM.

Visualise this:

Liz Shaw in drag

CCS · 19th June 2010, 22:28

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Originally Posted by crocos

I think he was commenting on "every" vs "ever".

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Originally Posted by MadMax

does everyone need to explain everything to ccs set by step?

No, Madmax, what I need is for people to explain why they say stupid shit. You tried your "OH LOL NEWSFAIL! WHY DOES CCS NEED IT EXPLAINED?!" and then owned yourself. TnT tried to burn me on a typo. I would have thought TnT was smarter than to post a face-palm pic in response to a simple typo, but nope - he went and did exactly that. I actually gave him the benefit of the doubt it opening the door to a more sophisticated explanation.

Lightspeed · 19th June 2010, 22:31

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Originally Posted by MadMax

does everyone need to explain everything to ccs set by step?

It's a trap.

Nothing · 19th June 2010, 22:59

I suspect TnT wouldn't have done it for just any typo. He probably made a point of doing it with that particular typo because it was a spelling mistake which occurred in the specific context of calling a whole country of people stupid. His post is as if to say: "Well if you're going to call all of those people stupid, the least you can do is get the spelling / words right in your condemnation of their intellectual abilities, because if you fail to do so then it will look like it is, in fact, you who is the stupid one."

I like this game of explaining everything to CCS step by step, what a fun game!

CCS · 19th June 2010, 23:03

That fails on the fact that you don't need to be stupid to make a typo. Any person of any intelligence can make a typo. So if TnT's great burn is to say "Lol facepalm cos you made a typo when you called people stupid!!!" then he has resulted in nothing but a burn fail. It's kind of a primary school level attempt at a burn.

So I guess if you feel you're having to explain it to me, what you're explaining is "Is TnT really that thick?"

Nothing · 19th June 2010, 23:08

Well, ultimately I suppose you can interpret it any way you want to, and I don't care anyway, so I'll just say that sometimes you don't need to be completely right for the burn to succeed. All you need to do is win the audience.

CCS · 19th June 2010, 23:46

This isn't one of those times.

Endymion · 20th June 2010, 10:07

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Originally Posted by CCS

Any person of any intelligence can make a typo.

Any person of intelligence can also read their post before they hit submit...

crocos · 20th June 2010, 12:31

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Originally Posted by Endymion

Any person of intelligence can install the After the Deadline plug-in for Chrome and Firefox to check their post before they hit submit.

Ctrl-shift-S, bitches!

Vrtigo · 20th June 2010, 13:46

chilli + hash browns + bacon + frankfurter + pasta
OMNOMNOMNOMNOM

crocos · 20th June 2010, 14:04

I basically had that for breakfast, just with poached eggs instead of the franks

Nothing · 20th June 2010, 14:10

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Originally Posted by CCS

This isn't one of those times.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Endymion

Any person of intelligence can also read their post before they hit submit...

I dunno man, from where I'm sitting, it looks like it is one of those times. I think that this is probably one of those subjective things, where each member of the audience decides for themselves, in which case you don't really have the final decision on whether it's one of those times or not. I think your lack of authority in this case is exacerbated by the fact that you are the target of the burn and, hence, not a member of the audience.

CCS · 20th June 2010, 14:49

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Originally Posted by Endymion

Any person of intelligence can also read their post before they hit submit...

Indeed. Which doesn't make it inherently dumb to make a typo.

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Originally Posted by Nothing

I dunno man, from where I'm sitting, it looks like it is one of those times. I think that this is probably one of those subjective things, where each member of the audience decides for themselves, in which case you don't really have the final decision on whether it's one of those times or not. I think your lack of authority in this case is exacerbated by the fact that you are the target of the burn and, hence, not a member of the audience.

Can't believe you're still going on about this.

6. Nothing.

CCS · 20th June 2010, 15:04

What did you have for lunch, bro?

CCS · 20th June 2010, 15:11

More stupid people fall for scams.

Scammers cream $447m

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Scammers often play on emotional heartstrings, such as in the case of an Auckland woman who was fleeced of $33,000 by an African she met in Auckland through a dating website.

He left for the United Kingdom, where he claimed he had been robbed, and involved in a car accident.

He then asked for money so he could return home to West Africa and work on an oil well.

He provided a certificate of the oil well's authenticity and his flight details.

The woman parted with $33,000 in 14 payments over four days.

"Okay stranger, I feel sorry for you and I will give you lots of money! Promise to give it back later? Okay cheerz!"

If you're having money problems, I feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a scam ain't one

MadMax · 20th June 2010, 15:42

everytime someone quotes ccs, ccs has an orgasm

Nothing · 20th June 2010, 15:43

1. CCS

madmaxii · 20th June 2010, 16:15

2. CCS

Lightspeed · 20th June 2010, 16:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by crocos

Ctrl-shift-S, bitches!

That looks like the fucking business. I hope it is, it'll make writing essays a hell of a lot easier.

crocos · 20th June 2010, 18:48

It's not as mature as the one in MS Word, but it ain't half bad either!

fixed_truth · 20th June 2010, 20:26

Someone has been writing Tea Party signs on the side.

doppelgänger of someone · 21st June 2010, 02:11

Swedish Crown Princess married her formal personal trainer

19th June 2010, 02:28	#22922
CCS Stunt Pants	Can't believe they didn't check the print first. Retards. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

19th June 2010, 18:46	#22931
CCS Stunt Pants	Excuse me? __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

19th June 2010, 19:40	#22933
MadMax Stuff	yeah, if i had a spare vista oem disc and who the hell in a right mind has one of those . i checked torrents but my google fails me. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

19th June 2010, 21:19	#22935
MadMax Stuff	google gives plenty of results, but most of them are links to one of those $paid 100% guaranteed download pages, are torrent sites that only link to other torrent sites, or they're for a torrent that has only 75% available with only a couple of dozen peers. besides, there's no way of knowing if the pirated copy isn't loaded with malware. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity. Last edited by MadMax : 19th June 2010 at 21:20.

19th June 2010, 21:27	#22936
fidgit Always itchy	Fair enough. I'd get serveral copies (different downloads) perhaps so you've got backups. Use a site like... "torrent site that includes ratings from users"... read the comments - it's not too tricky to find an ISO. Plus if it turns out to be crap-ladden, you can blow it away and start again with another copy. Assuming you have two computers to use. __________________ 4 7 2 3 9 8 5...1 4 2 9 7 8...14 16 22...36°

19th June 2010, 02:21	#22921
Nich	saw Blue Velvet at Academy this eve . 35mm reel sent over from Aus. anyway, this scene was loaded upside down. So the image was upside down and the audio was backwards. The whole audience kind of accepted it for a moment, then Academy staff started scrambling. Was kind of awesome and appropriate =)

19th June 2010, 02:34	#22923
Nich	i KNOW the guy whose fault it was too. saw him on the way out and he was all like "Sorry about the backwards reel". Dunno how long hes been at the job.

19th June 2010, 10:49	#22924
chiQ Frag-muff	I want to know what the story is with the 3DS. Have Nintendo really nailed portable 3D before 3D is mainstream in home theatre?

19th June 2010, 21:39	#22938
MadMax Stuff	does everyone need to explain everything to ccs set by step? __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

19th June 2010, 21:46	#22939
madmaxii	Just had a thought. We've never seen a photo of CCS/TM. Visualise this: Liz Shaw in drag __________________ Carpe Diem

19th June 2010, 22:59	#22942
Nothing	I suspect TnT wouldn't have done it for just any typo. He probably made a point of doing it with that particular typo because it was a spelling mistake which occurred in the specific context of calling a whole country of people stupid. His post is as if to say: "Well if you're going to call all of those people stupid, the least you can do is get the spelling / words right in your condemnation of their intellectual abilities, because if you fail to do so then it will look like it is, in fact, you who is the stupid one." I like this game of explaining everything to CCS step by step, what a fun game!

19th June 2010, 23:03	#22943
CCS Stunt Pants	That fails on the fact that you don't need to be stupid to make a typo. Any person of any intelligence can make a typo. So if TnT's great burn is to say "Lol facepalm cos you made a typo when you called people stupid!!!" then he has resulted in nothing but a burn fail. It's kind of a primary school level attempt at a burn. So I guess if you feel you're having to explain it to me, what you're explaining is "Is TnT really that thick?" __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

19th June 2010, 23:08	#22944
Nothing	Well, ultimately I suppose you can interpret it any way you want to, and I don't care anyway, so I'll just say that sometimes you don't need to be completely right for the burn to succeed. All you need to do is win the audience.

19th June 2010, 23:46	#22945
CCS Stunt Pants	This isn't one of those times. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

20th June 2010, 13:46	#22948
Vrtigo Marginal Poster	chilli + hash browns + bacon + frankfurter + pasta OMNOMNOMNOMNOM

20th June 2010, 14:04	#22949
crocos	I basically had that for breakfast, just with poached eggs instead of the franks __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

20th June 2010, 15:04	#22952
CCS Stunt Pants	What did you have for lunch, bro? __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

20th June 2010, 15:42	#22954
MadMax Stuff	everytime someone quotes ccs, ccs has an orgasm __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

20th June 2010, 16:15	#22956
madmaxii	2. CCS __________________ Carpe Diem

20th June 2010, 18:48	#22958
crocos	It's not as mature as the one in MS Word, but it ain't half bad either! __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

20th June 2010, 20:26	#22959
fixed_truth	Someone has been writing Tea Party signs on the side. __________________ Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.

21st June 2010, 02:11	#22960
doppelgänger of someone	Fluffy international news of the day Swedish Crown Princess married her formal personal trainer